Fitting issues? Sunk spokes

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I'm in the midst of doing my research on a car project and the type of wheels required have the spokes in the centre of the wheel (looking top down) as shown below.

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Question is, are there any fitting issues with wheels like these, would they stick out the sides of the wheel arches or something? In my head i cant figure out how the wheel stays at the same position compared to normal wheels which have the connection on the outer edge of the wheel.

Any advice/info welcome, cheers.
 
Surely it's the same, the spokes are curved. So, whilst they may be joined towards the centre line of the wheel, the centre of the wheel (where it connects to the axle) is in the same plane as a conventional wheel, and they won't stick out anymore. (Get me and my technical terminoligy:))
 
Huh ? what do you mean ?

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i see what you mean now, your referring to "dished" alloys where the spokes arent level with the edge of the wheel.

As already said, look at how offsets work.
 
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Position wise it is the offset that matters ... you need to check the offset and wheel width and compare it to "stock".

And those wheels are awesome, what are they?
 
I'll give them a call regarding the offset then, where i want to buy them from doesnt have the details readily available but i'll have a browse around also, cheers for the help everyone :)

The wheels are made by DARE and i'll probably get something very similar (5 spoke as the 6 i've been told wont fit the Celica) from http://www.rtecshop.com/ which have come very highly rated.
 
Speaking of wheels, I hate it how so many of the wheels only come in 17s and up, it's stupid. There is no reason to use a 17" when a wide 15" would do the job just as well
 
MikeHiow said:
Most performance cars / hot hatches won't get anything smaller than a 17" wheel over their brakes these days.
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Which is just stupid as well, make the cars lighter and oyu can get away with smaller brakes and just use better disks/pads.
I HATE having to pay lots extra for 17" tyres, when 15" rims and tyres would do the job just as well. 15" can go up to 9" rims, and 245 tyre width
 
rypt said:
15" can go up to 9" rims, and 245 tyre width
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Strange thing to say, you can fit quite a bit larger than 245 on a 9J if you wish, and you can get 15" wheels much wider than 9J.

Anyway the wheel in the OP looks pretty rubbish, what car is it going on?
 
Going for 18" anyway, dont think the 19 will quite work really. I've been trying to find a match to the wheels below but so many that are right arent being produced anymore, its one of the better matches so far but i think i have to get 5 spoke as the 6 wont fit :(

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Project being turning the picture in to reality, not everyones cuppa but its one of the rare ideas that some of my friends actually approve of (they dont really see the point/need to modify heavily)
 
rypt said:
Which is just stupid as well, make the cars lighter and oyu can get away with smaller brakes and just use better disks/pads.
I HATE having to pay lots extra for 17" tyres, when 15" rims and tyres would do the job just as well. 15" can go up to 9" rims, and 245 tyre width
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Cars are larger for a reason. Don't start with your irrational rants again please.
 
"Cars are larger for a reason" is just a stupid statement to make.

There is no reason for wheels larger than 15" for normal (not executive) cars, the requirement for larger brakes can be negated by reducing weight and having better pads and disks.
 
rypt said:
"Cars are larger for a reason" is just a stupid statement to make.

There is no reason for wheels larger than 15" for normal (not executive) cars, the requirement for larger brakes can be negated by reducing weight and having better pads and disks.
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How would you reduce weight considering the safety requirements of modern cars?

As for better disks and pads, a bigger friction surface is better for both braking and heat dissipation.
 
There is no LEGAL requirement to aim for 5 stars safety, and having a 5 star crash rating does not make the car safer than say a 4 star crash rating.

If they build a car that is as safe as it needs to be for the passengers, but then only did the legal minimum for pedestrians and other such things they could have a car that is still very safe, but weighs less and costs less.

Also use some of the clever aluminium/steel techniques, such as what Subaru do for certain parts of the car.

My 2 seater right now is <1000kg, the RX8 is 1300kg and Mazda reckon that were they to use the new steel that they developed on it they could shave almost 200kg off. Hell, the next generation MX5 is supposed to be lighter than the current one, again via clever engineering.
 
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rypt said:
"Cars are larger for a reason" is just a stupid statement to make.

There is no reason for wheels larger than 15" for normal (not executive) cars, the requirement for larger brakes can be negated by reducing weight and having better pads and disks.
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It's called design. If you don't want a car with big wheels, don't buy one.
 
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